Children's Cardiology of the Bay Area
Get to know your pediatric cardiologist located in Pleasanton and the staff behind giving your child top quality heart care and will be with you every step of the way. Dr. Andrew Maxwell and nutritionist April Shabazz provide extended services as the bay area’s finest heart center for children.
Check out our staff bios below or learn more about our services here.

Dr. Andrew J. Maxwell, MD
Dr. Maxwell is a Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist and Pediatrician. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins Medical School and a Residency in Pediatrics at The University of California at San Francisco followed by clinical and research fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology at Lucile Salter Packard and Stanford Hospitals and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His research interests include study of endothelial control of vasomotor tone, nitric oxide, sports cardiology, dysautonomia, hypermobility syndromes, & mast cell activation syndrome and their relationships to environmental toxins. For his research he received an American Heart Association Bugher Award for Research in Molecular Biology and was an American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award finalist. He has published many articles and book chapters on these subjects. For his clinical work, he has been voted by his peers as a Top Doctor in Northern California annually since 2017.

April Shabazz, CNC
Mrs. Shabazz, a PhD candidate in Natural Health Sciences at University of Natural Medicine, is a clinical nutritionist. She completed studies at UC Davis and University of Natural Medicine. Her background is in Nutrition, Wellness Cuisine, Herbal Medicine, Functional Medicine and Biochemistry.

Karen Sabetan, NBC-HWC, CNC
Mrs. Sabetan is a Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, a Certified Nutrition Consultant, and Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Nutrition from UC Davis. She has worked with families and individuals since 2012 to help them find simple, practical, and budget-friendly solutions for better health using fun activities that help them learn important health concepts. She engages individuals in a goal-oriented, collaborative process designed to strengthen their motivation and commitment to change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.